Amazon Aurora MySQL Database Engine Updates
2018-04-27

Version: 1.17.2

Amazon Aurora MySQL 1.17.2 is generally available. All new Aurora MySQL database clusters
with MySQL 5.6
compatibility, including those restored
from snapshots, will be created in Aurora MySQL v1.17.2. You have the option, but
are not required, to
upgrade existing database clusters to Aurora MySQL v1.17.2. If you wish to create
new database clusters in Aurora MySQL
v1.14.4, Aurora MySQL 1.15.1, or Aurora MySQL 1.16, you can do so using the AWS CLI
or the Amazon RDS API and specifying
the engine version.

With version 1.17.2 of Aurora MySQL, we are using a cluster patching model where all
nodes in an Aurora DB
cluster are patched at the same time.